I think part of this is conservatives not realizing that their own opinions have changed since they were young. They remember loving the show, but not that their own viewpoint was different at the time than they now have.
Good lord do you know how miserable you have to be to threaten Melissa Gilbert? We’re talkin’ misery the likes of which this country has never seen before!
And before Little House on the Prairie, there was The Waltons. My conservative Republican parents loved that show despite it being very Woke for its time.
Why does anyone give a shit about Megyn Kelly? This is a person so out-of-touch that she didn’t know wearing blackface was insulting to people of color, and devoted a show about whether there can be a black Santa Claus.
Who in God‘s name would watch this horrendous show? This, and Hee-Haw are the reason the entire South should get a vasectomy (every single white male with a southern draw)… yesterday. What horrendous shows what awful, awful storylines, what storylines …God awful.
Liked the article until they both-sides the end. “Now, both sides of the aisle seize on just about anything — books, movies, films — as markers of which side you’re on.” Really? Maybe I’m missing it but I feel like just one side is doing that.
Still waiting for you to break a story—anything. Just do it, Kara. You have the potential to be more than a re-poster. Be the reporter we remember from the '90s—we need you.
Megyn is Nellie’s mom, Mrs. Oleson. A self righteous bigot who was racist against the black folks in her town, prejudiced against Nellie’s jewish husband, and Little Lou because he’s small. She hates poor people & fat shames people. She turned the Wild Boy in to his abuser for $50.
Why on earth would you feel sorry for me? Because an author whose books turned into a beloved tv series brought awareness to these topics and I learned from it? You should feel sorry for the people who watched it and learned nothing.
There was a lesson in every episode if one was open to learning it. Sadly I think the ones you’re referencing are the ones who didn’t learn anything from it.
Thanks for the link - pretty sure that’s not the Melissa Gilbert you’re looking for. ;) Netflix has an impossible situation on its hands - I can see this from both sides, but I’m so sick of assholes using the word “woke”. Needs to be retired from their mouths.
"The values the show celebrated — fairness, honesty, integrity, neighborliness, the importance of community — were apolitical tenets to which we could all aspire."
That was true, but now one party views empathy and kindness as weekness. They celebrate cruelty and bullying and they vote for that.
I don’t think a megan kelley could exist in a timeline like little house on the prairie. She’s more of “fight club”, attention whore kind if character. Showing up at cancer support etc. But I see where you are going on the mean blonde childish snot
Why am I even surprised??? Thank you Melissa Gilbert! Not only was Little House "woke," it explored the issue of "values" and "honor" and decency on a weekly basis! Is Megyn Kelly ignorant of Michael Landon's other work? Always woke! And kind. She's just after attention.
Wonder what she thinks of The Waltons! They had a picture of FDR in the house with FDR speeches featured on the family radio. Pa Walton refused to go to church, and Grandpa only went because of the singing and was otherwise a naturalist treehugger, played by blacklisted and leftist actor Will Geer!
religion had not yet become so intensely politicized. The version of Christianity the Ingallses presented — perhaps the most mainstream conception of Christianity at the time — was welcoming, inclusive, tolerant of other faith traditions and largely apolitical. It was more “love thy neighbor”
Go figure! They want to feel comfortable in their nastiness and cruelty! They’re angry that most people are no longer accepting or the hatred and need to hurt others to feel better about themselves!
Little House on the Prairie, the Waltons, Gunsmoke, Bonanza...they ALL focused on doing the right thing even when it was hard and treating others with dignity and respect. Maybe the Kelly family didn't own a TV?
Highway to Heaven did too.
Steven Shives talked about an episode where the protagonists helped save an integrated church school that welcomed everyone but the new admin wanted to re-segregate the school and make bible study mandatory while the school already taught about all faiths
The resistance still hasn't figured out how to talk about the information warfare being waged on America by the Fascists. Maybe start out by repeatedly pointing out that Musk and Fox (in the henhouse) 'News' have turned a weapon of war on their fellow citizens. They are decades ahead.
Megan really needs a hobby or something. I mean, if she has nothing better to do than make it her mission in life to destroy a tv show...doesn't she have better things to do? Maybe raise her own children? Try to do good in the world instead of continuing to be a legacy of embarrassment? Sad.
Great article. I wish someone older had edited it for this superb author. Did anyone else pick up on the false parallel to September 11? Author must be too young to know that 911 emergency calls didn't exist at that time.
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https://youtu.be/KHbrNz1RUVY?si=985mQVQ7slGbzZzY
look it up
He was the star and the show was filled with compassion because his mother was not
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All of it makes my skin crawl, all of it
She is now a female Rush Limbaugh.
That was true, but now one party views empathy and kindness as weekness. They celebrate cruelty and bullying and they vote for that.
Malachi 3:8 is telling the thieving ministers & anyone else that ever sold the gospel to return the money.
Matthew 19:12 says God prefers same-sex marriage.
Anyone inside religious buildings of any kind will die soon.
she is really slick
she is one of those you have to watch out for
she talk you into a pretzel
this is a compliment and a complaint
she is really good at lying
she is a lawyer by trade
from Chicago btw
Steven Shives talked about an episode where the protagonists helped save an integrated church school that welcomed everyone but the new admin wanted to re-segregate the school and make bible study mandatory while the school already taught about all faiths
Woke, DEI, etc. are just words.
Pushing back is not an option.
We are the people.
We are not computers, or AI, or companies.
We are being attacked!